【新加坡】本地工人的薪金基础上涨

Salary base forlocal workers to go up

The amount a resident worker must earn to count as afull-time worker will rise from $1,000 now to $1,100 in July, and $1,200 from Julynext year, Minister of State for Manpower Sam Tan said.

Sustainable wage increases are one way to lift the lotof low-wage workers, Mr Tan said at the debate on the Ministry of Manpower's(MOM) budget, as he detailed changes to the salary threshold .

This salary threshold is regularly reviewed to stay inline with income trends, said Mr Tan. "If not, it means that we aregradually loosening our foreign worker controls simply due to rising nominalwages," he added.

The figure was last reviewed in 2013, when it went upfrom $850 to $1,000. This rose to $1,300 in 2015. Given rising income levels,the ministry has decided to adopt the new salary threshold.

"If we do not update the salary threshold now, itwill mean having to make an even larger increase in future," Mr Tan said.

    人力资源国务部长Sam Tan说，新加坡本地员工的薪水将从现在的1000美元上升到1100美元才能成为全职员工，而在明年7月将上涨到1200美元。

    Sam Tan在人力资源部（MOM）预算的解释到，可持续工资增长是解决低工资工人的一个方法，并且说明了薪资门槛的变化。

    Sam Tan说，定期调整这一薪金基数，以保持与收入趋势一致。如果不这么做，就会意味着因为员工收入上涨，而放宽了对外籍员工的管制。

    这个数字的上一次审查在2013年，当时从850美元上调至1000美元。由于收入水平的提高，该部决定采用新的薪资门槛。

    Sam Tan说：如果我们现时不更新薪酬门槛，就意味着未来的增幅会更大。

（翻译：曹昀杰）

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http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapolitics/salary-base-for-local-workers-to-go-up